25 best nature photos of 2011
Volcanic lightning is seen above Shinmoedake peak, Japan, as it erupts, January 28, 2011. (Photo: Minami-Nippon Shimbun/Reuters)
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The Tungurahua Volcano spews incandescent rocks and lava near the town of Runtun, Ecuador, Dec. 4, 2011. (PABLO COZZAGLIO/AFP/Getty Images) http://natpo.st/uZf0gV
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The Tungurahua Volcano is seen from Juive Grande, Ecuador, Nov. 28, 2011. (Pablo Cozzaglio/AFP/Getty Images)
In case you missed it, the shots of the ash plume above the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain near Entrelagos, Chile are awesome! We have more photos here.
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Lightning bolts strike around the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain near southern Osorno city, June 5, 2011. The volcano in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle chain, dormant for decades, erupted in south-central Chile on Saturday, belching ash over 6 miles (10 km) into the sky, as winds fanned it toward neighboring Argentina, and prompted the government to evacuate several thousand residents, authorities said. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)
Graphic: Volcanic ash concentration
About 250 flights to northern Britain were cancelled on Tuesday over concerns about the ash cloud spewing from an Icelandic volcano, but British and Irish officials dismissed fears of a mass shutdown of airspace.
Photos: Icelandic volcano erupts
A combination of pictures shows the growing ash plume from the Grimsvotn volcano, under the Vatnajokull glacier in southeast Iceland. (Ingolfur Bruun/Reuters)
Iceland volcano: Ash cloud disrupts U.K. flights
About 250 flights to northern Britain were cancelled on Tuesday over concerns about the ash cloud spewing from an Icelandic volcano, but British and Irish officials dismissed fears of a mass shutdown of airspace.